, Columnist
The Six-Day War's Final Casualty: A Two-State Solution
Two options remain: a Palestinian "state-minus" or the status quo. Israel can live with either.
When Donald Trump visited Israel last month, he pledged to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Less than a week later, 15,000 members of the Israeli left, who evidently believed him, staged a monster rally in Tel Aviv under the banner: “Two States for Two Peoples.”
Just a few years ago, that motto would have been taken for granted: the so-called two-state solution was seen as the only logical outcome for either side. The Palestinians were set on full autonomy, while Israelis worried that their identity as the world's only Jewish state was imperiled.